The Leader Board

Jul262012

McConnell: 'They're Not Even Pretending To Care About The Economy'

SEN. MITCH McCONNELL: "They're not even pretending to care about the economy. They've sort of given up on the argument that this is about the economy. We know that because two years ago the Democrats agreed that this tax increase, they're now fighting to increase - two years ago they agreed it would hurt the economy. So let's look at the economy then and the economy now. At a time when economic growth was 3.5 percent back in December of 2010, 40 Democrats over here voted to keep rates where they were on the grounds that it was the best thing to do for jobs. December 2010, 40 Democrats voted to keep tax rates where they were because it was the best thing for jobs. Yet now, when the growth rate is 2 percent - 3.5 percent then, 2 percent now - and 13 million Americans are still out of work, they're voting to slam nearly a million businesses with a tax increase. Now, maybe they're expecting the GDP numbers tomorrow to be 3.5 percent. We'll see." (Sen. Mitch McConnell, Floor Remarks, 7/26/12)